The death on Wednesday of China’s former leader Jiang Zemin has prompted an outpouring of nostalgia on the internet, with many tributes from young Chinese focusing on the contrast between Jiang’s governing style and flamboyant personality and those of his successors.
The leader of China through its recent decades of breakneck economic growth died today. Many Chinese people and foreign observers are nostalgic for Jiang Zemin’s rule. But does the past just look better in contrast to the dourness and growing repression of the Xi Jinping era?
The death of China’s former leader, who presided over breakneck economic growth and a period of stability following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has caused feelings of nostalgia around the globe in light of the ongoing anger at Xi Jinping’s COVID-zero policy.
The Army-Navy game is one of the most honored traditions in college football. It's usually played in Philadelphia…but not always.
Iza Ding, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses how performative and substantive governance influence environmental protection efforts in China.
The largest wind turbine in the world has just rolled off the production lines in Fujian Province and will soon be erected in the Taiwan Strait, a symbol of China’s wind power golden age. But foreign customers are not buying Chinese turbines, despite (or because of) their ultra-low prices.
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Wednesday November 30
Discrimination against women in Chinese society takes many forms. Recent legislative proposals aim to address some longstanding problems, but will they end up as mere lip service?
In a press briefing today, Chinese authorities blamed frustrations at its COVID-zero policy on poor local management. Meanwhile, police are moving to identify people who attended the protests.
A rally of several hundred people showed up last night on the campus of Columbia University in solidarity with protesters in China against COVID-zero rules.